Introduction Part 1: Establishing Identity 1. Who Were the Ancient Egyptians? 2. The Intellectual Foundations of the Early State 3. The Dynamics of Culture Part 2: The Provider State 4. The Bureaucratic Mind 5. Model Communities Part 3: Intimations of our Future 6. New Kingdom Egypt: The Mature State 7. The Birth of Economic Man 8. Moving on Epilogue

Ranging across Ancient Egyptian material culture, social and economic experiences, and the mindset of its people, this book includes two chapters exploring the last ten centuries of Ancient Egyptian civilization and who, in ethnic terms, the ancients were. It is suitable for the students of Ancient Egypt.